Restraint device for mounting upon wrist and ankles



0d. 27, 1970 C, E, MURCOTT 3,535,718

RESTRAINT DEVICE FOR MOUNTING UPON WRIST AND ANKLEs Filed June 27, 1968m TC W WM. 1f CJ EL L m UH C TT/V'Y United States Patent C 3,535,718RESTRAINT DEVICE FOR MOUNTING UPON WRIST AND ANKLES Charles E. Murcott,Huntington, N.Y., assgnor to Lumex, Inc., Bay Shore, N.Y., a corporationof New York Filed June 27, 1968, Ser. No. 740,547 Int. Cl. A61f 5/37U.S. Cl. -317 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A restraint device forsupport of a patient upon a bed for retaining arms and legs separatelyand/or collectively in predetermined positions in control of movement ofa patient while lying upon a bed, the device comprising one or morewrist or ankle encircling adjustable bands, preferably having cushionedinteriors or liners, with securing straps coupled with the bands forattachment to parts of a bedstead, particularly wherein adjustment ofthe bands is through the medium of spaced metallic loops and Velcrocoupling means.

The invention deals with devices of the type and kind underconsideration, wherein the wrist and ankle engaging portions are simpleand economical in construction and, wherein adjustments for t upon thepatient can be quickly and easily accomplished and wherein the restraintis cushioned by the padding or lining on the bands employed and, in dualuses of the device, the bands are fixed in predetermined spacedrelationship to each other in controlling positioning of the arms andthe legs upon the bed.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood frm thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and in which:

FIG. l is a diagrammatic perspective View illustrating, by way ofexample, single devices for restraining the arms and dual devices forrestraining the legs of a patient.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the bands in extended positionin illustrating the securing strap partially in section.

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of FIG. 2, omitting backgroundshowing and indicating, in dot-dash lines, the form of the device asshown on the legs of the patient in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the device taken generally on the line 4-4of FIG. 2, illustrating the band in coupled position as appearing, forexample, on one of the legs of the patient in FIG. l and illustrating,in dot-dash lines, the band, including the strap, as appearing, forexample, on the wrist of the patient in FIG. 1.

Devices of the type and kind under consideration are produced in twodifferent categories, one wherein a pair of the limb encircling bandsare disposed in fixed spaced relationship to each other on a singlecoupling strap, as shown at A on the diagrammatic leg illustration inFIG. 1, and the other is wherein each of the bands are independentlyused in support of the limbs as, for example, the devices as applied tothe wrist, as at B in the diagrammatic showing in FIG. 1. In the iirstinstance, wide straps are employed; whereas, in the second instance,narrow straps are preferably used. In both instances, however, the limbengaging bands are of identical construction.

In FIG. 2 of the drawing, one the bands 10 is shown in extendedposition. To one end portion of the band is fixed a cushioning element11, comprising a fabric binder tape 12, supporting a cushioning pile 13,comprising a ICC multiplicity of strands of any suitable fibrousmaterial or synthetic material. The tape 12 is wider than the band 10,as clearly illustrated, and xed to the band 10 in spaced relationship toeach other are two metallic loops 14 adjacent what might be termed thefree end portion 10 of the band. Fixed to the band 10 in the environmentof the tape 12 is the securing strap 15 which, in FIG. 2, is the narrowstrap as employed on the wrist restraining devices B, diagrammaticallyshown in FIG. 1 of the drawing. The strap 15 is shown, in part, in FIG.3. However, in this figure, the wider strap 15' is illustrated, in part,in dotdash lines and this is the type of strap used, for example, in themounting of the double type A on the ankle restraining devices, asdiagrammatically shown in FIG. 1 of the drawing. It would also be usedon the double type of device as applied to support of the wrists.Extending beyond the element 11 is what might be termed the coupling end10l of the band, having the Velcro couplings, the male portion of whichis diagrammatically illustrated at 16 and the female portion which isshown at 17. In the present illustration, 16 runs the full width of theband 10; whereas, the female portion 17 is narrower and extends asubstantial distance longitudinally of the band 10.

In the diagrammatic sectional view, FIG. 4, the device is shown as oneof the two members of the dual device A, incorporating the wide strap15', applied to a limb, as diagrammatically seen in FIG. 1, with thecoupling end 10 passed through one of the loops 14. It will beunderstood that the coupling end 10 can also be coupled with the otherloop in a smaller size adjustment and, in both couplings, the male andfemale portions 16 and 17 are capable of providing a snug pressureengagement with the limb, while retaining reasonable comfort -by virtueof the cushioning pile on the surface of the band encircling the limb.The cushioning pile also prevents chafing or other injury to the limb.

In the full line showing of the strap 15 in FIG. 4 of the drawing, thepurpose is to illustrate that only one of the two limb engaging bands isshown. In other words, there would -be another band in fixed spacedrelationship to the one illustrated, for example, to the left of the oneshown; whereas, the dot-dash showing at 15 would illustrate the deviceas applied to the single band structure B, as illustrated upon the wristof the patient in FIG. 1 of the drawing. This type of showing is done tominimize extensive drawings and unnecessary description to illustratethe two distinct uses of the restraining devices in question, in otherwords, in the diagrammatic showing in FIG. 1, both straps could have twobands thereon, in other words, the wrist bands, as well as the leg bandsand, in like manner, each of the bands for the wrists and the legs couldbe independent bands, as shown on the wrist by way of illustration.

Considering FIG. 1 of the drawing, 18 diagrammatically represents ahospital bed and it will be noted that the straps 15, 15 are coupledwith frames or springs of the bed supporting the mattress 19, upon thepatient lies, as indicated at 20. 21 represents the patients arms and 22represents the patients legs, with which are coupled the restrainingdevices B and A, respectively.

Devices of the type and kind under consideration may be laundered tomaintain sanitary conditions at all times in repeated uses of therestraining devices or, in other words, are washable and autoclavable.The present use illustrations are only by way of example, as the devicescan be coupled with any type or kind of support.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A limb restraining device for support of a limb of a person to a bedor the like, said device comprising:

a limb band,

3 a cushioning element secured to the inner surface of said band at arst end portion thereof, said cushioning element having a greater widththan the Width of said band, a releasable securing means comprising;

a male Velcro coupling member rigidly xed to a second end of said band,and a female Velcro coupling member spaced from said male Velcro member,loop means secured to the outer surface of said band at said first endportion, and strap means xed to the outer surface of said band at saidrst end portion of said band to secure said device to said bed wherebyplacement of said limb band around said limb of said person with saidcushioning element in juxtaposition to said limb and with said secondend of said band passed through said loop means to couple said maleVelcro member with said female Velcro member, thereby to snugly supportsaid limb of said person to said bed.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,591,875 4/1952 Robbins et al.297-385 3,027,895 4/ 1962 Williams 12S-133 3,297,026 1/1967 Van Pelt128-133 3,313,511 4/1967 Koerner et al. 248-361 CASMIR A. NUNBERG,Primary Examiner

